#gland

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding. ↗

— John Cleese

#always #america #because #chances #else

I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#bank #best #england #homes #hundreds

It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#conservative #conservative party #england #feel #i

Well, I've always thought that my career was in England, really. I used to do more in the theatre, and I felt that I should be there. It's not far is it? It's amazing the way that special FX have taken a quantum leap in what they're capable of doing. ↗

— Albert Finney

#amazing #capable #career #doing #england

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree. ↗

— Colin Firth

#certainly #cutting #england #gave #i

Yeah, about sixteen to twenty weeks a year. For example, we can do America in six or seven weeks. You can do Europe in three weeks; England in two weeks. South America you could do in three weeks; Asia you could do in three weeks. ↗

— Warren Cuccurullo

#america #asia #could #england #europe

They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense. ↗

— George Combe

#brute #brute force #chooses #england #few

Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#almost #am #america #appreciation #because

England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. ↗

— John Florio

#hell #horses #men #paradise #purgatory

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#counterfeit #crises #deeply #dreadful #emotionally